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The Ottawa free trader., 1887-10-08

"Nay, Allan, he Is not a Hessian, but
an cxiled gentleman from abroad-a no.
blemun"---
"Therc are no noblemen now," shifted
the trooper contemptuously. Congress
has so decrced 1t. All men are born free
and equal"
"But they are not, Allan" said Thank
full, with pretty trouble In her brows;
"even cows are not born equal. Is yon
calf that was dropped last night by Brin-
die the equal Of my red heifer whose
mother came by herself In ship from
Surrey DO they look equal''
"Titlcs are but BREATH" said Capt.
Brewster doggedly. There was an omi-
nous pause.
"Nay, there il one nobleman left" said
Thankful; "and he is my Own-my ma
ture's noblemanl''
Capt. Brewster did not reply. From
certain arch gestures and wreathed smiles
with which this forward young woman
! accompanied her statement, 1t would seem
to be implied that the gentleman who
stood before her was the nobleman alluded
to. At least, he SO accepted 1t, and en-
braced her closely, her arms and part OF
her mantle clinging around his neck. In
this attitude they remained quiet for some
moments, slightly rocking from side to
side like u metronome; movement, l
fancy, peculiarly bucolic, pastoral and
idyllic, and as such, wot, observed by
Theocritus and Virgil.
At these supreme moments weak woman
usually keeps her wits about her much
better than your superior reasoning mas
culine animal; and, while the gallant cap
tain was losing himself upon her perfect
lips, Miss Thankful distinctly heard the
! fra gate click, and otherwise noticed that
,hs rioon was getting high and obtrusive,
She half released herself from the captain s
arms, thoughtfully and tenderly-but
firmly. "Tell'me all about yourself, AL
I'm dear" she said quietly, making room
for him on the wall --"all, everything"
She turned upon him her beautiful eyes
eyes habitually earnest and even grave
in expression, yet holding in their brave
brown depths sweet, childlike reliance
and dependency; eyes with certain ten
der, deprecating droop In the brown
fringed lids, and yet eyes that seemed &c
say to every man who looked upon them
~ am truthful; be frank with me-" In
deed, am convinced there is not one o
my impressble sex, who, looking In thos'
pleading eyes, would not have perjhre,
himself on the spot rather than have dis
appointed their fair owner.
Capt. Brewster's mouth resumed Its OLE
expression Of discomfort
Everything is growing worse, Thank
full, and the cause Is lost. Congress doe
nothing, and Washington is not the maj
for the crisis. Instead Of marching Il
Philadelphia, and forcing that wretche'
rabble Of Hancock and Adams ut tn
point OF the bayonet, he writes letters"
"a digniiled, formal old fool, inter
rupted Mistress Thankful Indignantly
"and look at his wife! Didn't Mistres
Ford and Mistress Baily, ay, and the Oes
blood Of Morris county, go down to hi
excellency's In their finest bibs and tuck
The Ottawa free trader., 1887-10-08

Thankful gripped the table with hand
on each side of her, to emphasize the
statement, and, swinging her feet, re-
Piled:
81 shall see him as often as I like,
father"
"Thankful Blossomv'
"Abner Blossom"
81 see you know not" said Mr.. Bios
som, abandoning the severely paternal
mandatory air for one of confidential dis
closure, 81 see you know not his reputa-
ton. He is accused Of melting his regi-
ment to revolt-of being a traitor to the
cause"
"And since when, Abner Blossom, have
YOU felt such concern for the cause' Since
you refused to sell supplies to the Cont
mental commissary, except at double
profits? since you told me you were glad l
had not politics like Mistress Ford''-
"Hushr' said her father, motioning to
the parlor.
"Hush," echoed Thankful Indignantly.
II won't be hushed Everybody says
Hush to me. The count says 'Hushr
Allan says 'HushN You say 'Hushr I'm
a-weary of this hushing. Ahl if there
was II man who didn't say it to meW ant!
Mistress Thankful lifted her fine eyes u
the ceiling.
"You are unwise, Thankful-foolish.
ndscrcet. That is why you require
much monition."
Thankful swung her feet in silence for
a few moments, then suddenly leaped
from the table, and, seizing the old man
The Ottawa free trader., 1887-10-08
without his knowledge, might not She

without his knowledge, might not she--
"MoO-oow
He drew nearer the wall cautiously.
$50, Cushyl Mooly Come up, Bossy"
he said persuasively. "Moo"--but mere
the low unexpectedly broke down and
ended in very human and rather mu-
sical little laugh.
"Thankfulr exclaimed the soldier,
echoing the laugh trile uneasily and af-
fectedly as u hooded little head arose
above the wall.
"Well," replied the figure, supporting
a prettily rounded chin on her hands AS
She laid her elbows complacently ON the
wall-"well what did you expect DID
YOU want me to stand here all night While
you skulked, moonstruck, under treeF
Or did you look for me to call you ny
name' did you expect me to shout out
Capt Allan Brewster -
Thankful, hushv'
"Capt. Allan Brewster, Of the Connecti-
cut contingent" continued the girl, with
an affected raising Of n low, pathetic voice
that was, however, inaudible beyond the
tree. "Capt. Brewster, behold me-your
obleeged and humble servant and sweet
heart to command"
Capt Brewster succeeded, after slight
skirmish ut the WALL in possessing HIM
self Of the girls hand, ut which, although
still struggling, she relented slightly.
at isn't every lad that I'd loW for,
she said, with an affected pout, land there
may be others that would not take 1t
amiss though there be fine ladies enough
1t the assembly balls at Morristown Us
might think it hoydenish?"
Nonsense, love-" said the captain, who
had by this time mounted the wall, and
ancirclcd the girls waist with his arm.
"Nonsensc you startled me only. But"
he added, suddenly taking her round chin
in his hand, and turning her face toward
the moon with au uneasy half suspicion,
"why did you take that light from the
Window What has happenedi"
ave had unexpected guests, sweet
heart" said Thankful; "the count just
arrived"
THAT internal Hessian" He stopped
and gazed questioningly into her face.
The moon looked upon her at the same
time; the face was rs sweet, rs placid, al
truthful rs her own. Possibly these two
lnconstants understood each other.
The Ottawa free trader., 1887-10-08

this outspoken emotion, except practically
In its effect upon the rations you have in
your pocket. If mistake not, they have
suffered equally with your steel For
ward, march,"
Capt. Brewster looked down, and then
dropped To the rear, IA the diseased yolks
of Mistress Thankful's most precious gift
slid slowly and pcnsively over his horses
fianks 10 the ground.
The Ottawa free trader., 1887-10-08
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
Mistress Thankful remained Mt the wall
until her lover had disappeared. Then
she turned, mere lissom shadow in that
uncertain light, and glided under the
caves Of the shed, and thence from tree TO
tree Of the orchard, lingering moment
under each as the trout fingers in the
shadow Of the bank in passing II shallow,
| and SO reached the farm house and the
kitchen door, where she entered Thence
by a back staircase she slipped TO her
| own bower, from whose window half an
hour before she had taken the signaling
light. This she lit again, and placed upon
n chest OF drawers; and, taking off her hood
and "A shapeless sleeveless mantle she had
worn, went to the mirror, and proceeded
to readjust high horn comb that had
been somewhat displaced by the captains
arm, and otherwise after the fashion of
her sex To remove all traces of a previous
| lover. IL may be here observed that n
man Is very apt to come from the sma est
encounter with his dulcinea distrait
bored, or shamefaced; to forget that his
cravat is awry, or that long blonde hair
is adherng to his button. But as to
mademoiselle-well looking at Miss
( Pussy's sleek paws and spotless face,
would you ever know that she had been
ut the cream jugS
Thankful was, think, satisfied with
her appearance. Small doubt but she had
reason for it, And yet her gown was a
mere slip Of flowered chintz, gathered at
the neck, and falling at an angle of fifteen
degrees to within an inch of short petit
coat Of gray flannel. But 50 surely is the
complete mold Of symmetry indicated in
the po!se or line of any single member,
that looking at the erect carriage Of her
graceful brown head, or below to the
curves that were lost in her shapely
ankles, or the little feet that hid them
selves In the broad buckled shoes, you
knew that the rest was rs genuine and
beautiful
Mistress Thankful, after II pause,
opened the door, and listened. Then she
softly slipped down the back staircase to
the front hall. 1t was dark, but the
door of the company room, or parlor, was
family indicated by the light that
strcamed beneath it. She stood still for
a moment hcstatingly; when suddenly a
hand grasped her own, and half led, half
dragged her into the sitting room opposite.
1t was dark. There was u mOmentary
fumbling for the tinder box and flint, a
muttered oath over one or two impeding
articles of furniture, and Thankful
laughed. And then the light was lit, and
her father, gray, wrinkled man Of GO,
still holding her hand, stood before her.
"You have been out mistress"
al have" said Thankful.
"And not alone" growled the old man,
angrily.
"No," said Mistress Thankful, with a
smile that began in the corners of her
brown eyes, ran down into the dimpled
curves of her mouth and finally ended in
the sudden revelation Of her white teeth
--"no, not alone"
"With whomi" asked the old man.
gradually weakening under her strong
saucy presence.
"Well, father" said Thankful, taking
n seat on u table and swinging her little
feet somewhat ostentatously toward him
~ was with Capt. Allan Brewster, of the
Connecticut contingent"
"That MANI"
"That manr'
81 forbid you seeing him again."
The St. Johns herald., 1887-02-03
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a|ty1459 .2S6 Adams. John hol lse, harness, sad dle 95, tax 4SS, penalty l.24 .. 6 0 Attencio, Jose Maria adobe house and corral at C0nchO. bounded on the north by HolbrOok road, south by Mormon field. east by P Archnnde's, west by J k Can- delaria's, 2 horses, wagon, har. nese, blow furniture 2S5, tax 7. O, penalty l.35..... ......:. | ArmIjo, Ambrosio adobe house Tn StJohns bounded on north by
 A Peralta's lot, south by Cruz
 Naveretta's. east by F Baca's,
 west by Jose Garcia's property,
 horse. mule, furniture l45, tax 6.35, penalty 1.32 2.............. 0
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NUMBER s

Carillo, Pablo adobe house west of the town of Springerville about one mile, horse, 5 oxen, wagon,
 furniture, total $2S5, tax $2, pen alty $1.10. .............. Carillo, Leandro adobe houses and corrals west of Springerville about one mile at settlement known as Carillos, horse, wagon furniture, total $40, tax $2, pen alty $1.10.. .................
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Foster, H J ? horses, 3 COWS, two yearlings, wagon, harness, fur niture $220, tax $8.60, penalty Field, J A lot 40 block 13 and lot fl block 13 ill Holbrook $100, tax s, penalty $1.15.. Fackrell, L J improvements at Taylor, 1 log house bounded on
 north by Levi Handcock's, on east by D Ellsworth, horse, har- ness, furniture $100, tax $5, pen alty $1.25.. ............ Forsgren, c w one log cabin with
 shingle roof in St Johns, bound ed east by P Johnson's proper ty, north by c P Anderson's, 2 horses, wagon, harness, blow, furniture $180, tax $2, penalty
 $l.lO.................... $l.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-02-03

Cranes, Sam'l one mud house and corral on the $ Inf of sw qr 5 Inf of SC or sec 6 township Is N of range 21 E, claim of 160 acres, 9 horses, 26 cows, 21 yearlings, wagon, harness, saddle, total $1020, tax $30.60, penalty $2.53. B Green, Duty l small frame house on south side of A G1 P RR track at Holbrook, and west of school house, ? horses, 8 COWS, 2 year. lings, carpenter tools, furniture, total $2S0, tax $10.40, penalty $1.52 .............. Il Gardener, w log house at Snow flake Camp, pony COW, total $55 tax $3 .65, penalty $1.18.-... 4 Grant, E c Improvements at Nu- trioso log house south of Geo w Adair's residence, east of Ben Noble's house, ? horses, furni- ture, total $40, tax $6.20, pen alty $1.31. ..-.........:. z George, w improvements at St Johns, house used as carpenter shop adjoining H J Platt's sad dler store on the south, bOund- ed on south by Hill & Co.'S lum- Der yard, east by coop store, al- sohouse occupied byJ w George AS residence bounded north by Petersons, south by Arnold's pre-emption claim, east by Fro. ever's claim, west by Thomp- sons, carpenter tools, furniture total $3O5, tax $11.15, penalty Garcia, Jose improvements in St Johns two.storey adobe house, bounded on south by N Barth's residence, north by lot of Ale iandro Peralta, east by Ambro- sio Armijo's property, west by River street, also Improvements on E Inf of the ne ar of sec 22, township 13, N of R 90 E, 80 acres patented land, p horses, ? mules, 70 Mexican cows, 70 yearlings, wagon, buggy, har- ness, 2 saddles, 2plows, furni- ture, total $3078, tax $94.36, pen atty $5.72 ..........-.... lOO Gardener, c F Navajo pony, COW, wagon, furniture, total $50, tax $3.5O, penalty $1. .18.......-.... I
 Confined on Fourth page
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Delinquent TAX LIS '
 OF Apache County, ARIZONA TERRITORY, FOR THE YEAR 1886.
FOR THE YEAR 1886.

A A tlantic & Pacific Railroad Company improvements on certain strip of land situate in the County of Apache, Territory of Ari- zona, which said strip of lond is described as fol- lows, to-wit: Two thous- and six hundred and nine ty-one (2691) acres ofland lying in a strip two hun dred (2O0) feet wide, lying along and near the thirty fifth (35) parallel of lati- tude, which said strip of land commences at the eastern boundary line of said county and running thence in westerly direc- tion one hundred and twelve (112) miles long and two hundred (200) feet wide, and along and .upon the centre of which strip of land the railroad of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company is sit uated, said improvements consisting as follows, to- wit: Culverts, wooden bridges, grading, trestle, rock, earth cuts and fills, situated on and along the centre of said first descri- bed tract of land and con nected with the track of said railroad $72,5O Also two hundred and sixty five thousand seven hun dred and thirty-four { (265,- 734) wooden cross-ties sit uate, lying and being upon and along the strip of land above first described in said county and Territory S1 1,0C Also steel and iron rails sit uate lying and being upon and along the centre of the strip of land first above described in said county and Territory 5OO,OC Also iron and steel fish plates bolts and iron spikes, sit uate, lying and being up on and along the centre of the strip of land first a. foresaid in said county and Territory 24,OC Also improvements upon a certain part of the strip of land first described in said county and Territory and being near the eastern boundary of said county, said improvements being as follows, to-wit: One steam pump andwater tank at Houck's Tanks in said county 2,4 Also one section house on said tract of land in said county at Sanders station 20 Also one section house, steam pump and water tank, depot buildings and coal shute erected and sit uated on the tract of land first aforesaid at Navajo station in said county 7,4C Also one section house, steam pump and water tank situated on the tract of land first aforesaid at Billings station in said county A Also one section house, steam pump and water tank on said tract of land in said county at Carrizo station 4,4 Also improvements on the tract of land first aforesaid to-wit: Depot building, steam pump, water tank
 and station house at the
 town of Holbrook in said
 county z 4 Also one section house and
 water tank situated on
 tract of land first aforesaid
 at St Joseph in said coun-
 ty A. Also one section house,
 steam pump and water
 tank situated upon the
 tract of land first afore-
 said at Hardyin said ceun-
 ty A Also one round house, sec
 tion house, depot building
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wagon, harness, furniture, 400.

wagon, harness, furniture, 400. tax F, penalty 1.60 .. 13 60 Baca. Juan Andres adobe houae on road miles soulhofSt John on Little Colorado river on east side Spripgerville road, horses wagon, harness furniture, 159, tax 960, penalty .32 ..... : 8z Barela, Aristeo horses, 20 COWS, 3young cattle, ? saddles, 6S4, tax 22,52, penalty 2.13.. ........ 24 6j Baca, Francisco adobe house and corral in St Johns north of Tom Perez residence, south of Lo- repzo Baca's house, west of J II Tafallo's, east of G Armjo's lot 200, also one adobe house, corral in town of SpripgervilIe west of E c Bunch's residence, north of St Geo Creaghe's. 5 horses, wagons, blackboard, harness, furniture, IS oxen 7S5,
 total 9S5. tax 3l 55, penalty 57 34 l: Bates. Orville E log cabin and
 corral at Meadows. 2 horses, 1
 COW, 150, tax $50, penalty .33. & Baca, EutaIlo one adobe house in
 Springerville, horses, wagon,
 harness, furniture 265, tax 9.95,
 penalty 1.50 ...... ..... II 1; Baca, ,Dionicio improvements con-
 slsting of fencing and corral,
 fine adobe house on ranch in SpriDgerville, patented, 5000. ,
 horses 200, 10 mules 400, 1000
 Mexican sheep 1000. COW 20, ?
 wagons 5, 2 buggys 125. furni
 ture 200, hacness 40, saddle 25s
 farming implements 500, total 10,5S5, tax 319.55, penalty 15.9S 336 5 Berry, L L ? horses, wag on, har- ness, furniture 225, tax ?, pen- alty 1.1O. .................. 3 JC Brown. c H 2horses, wagon, har- ness, furniture 225, tax ?, pen- atty 1.10. ...... ........ Il Burke, NJ A log house and corral at Springerviile, ? horses, COW, wagon, harness, furniture, 2S5, tax 10,55, penalty I.53.. ......... 12 OS
The St. Johns herald., 1887-02-03

Eager, John T improvements one log house and fencing on SC ar of section 4, township Snorth of range 29 E $100, claim 160 acres horse, COW and yearling, ? wa gons, harness, saddle, house. hold goods, lumber on hand, saw mill at Water Canon 5000, total $11OO, tax E, penalty $1.10..... Eager, w w improvements one log house and fencing on ne pr sec g township s north of range
 29 east $100, 0,claim i60 acres land horse, blow, furniture, $200, total $500, tax S2, penalty $1.10. East, E N improvements at Snow flake 2 log huts, bounded west by John Hunts residence on north by corral of Karchner, on east by old school house, COW, household goods $50, tax $2, penalty $1.10..
The St. Johns herald., 1887-02-03

Drury, J W carpenter tools, furni- ture, total $l60, tax s6.S0, pen alty $1 .34. ............ ....... Depew, Edward small log house at flouring mill at Springerville, east of D Baca's residence, fur niture, total $30, tax $2.90, pen- alty $1.14. ......... Dailey, Milton small log house in the south part of Bush Valley, south of Jos Scatt's residence, also log house, corral and fenc- ing on claim adjoining Bush Valley to south, ? horses, mule, American COWS, yearlings, wagon, harness, 2oxen, farming implements, furniture, total $425 tax $1475, penalty $1.73 ...... Duffin, B F Plumber house and barn in Woodruff, ne of A c M I store east of Thos Hatch's house, horse, wagon, harness, furniture total SIS, tax $5.54, penalty $1. Decker, c L log house in Snow flake, bounded on north by Mrs Drigg's house, on the SC by W w Willis, east by the field $100, water-right in irrigating ditch,2 horses. COW, wagon, harness, blow, furniture $185, total $285, tnx $8.55, penalty S1.43 .. Dempsey, J w log house, corral, etc, at Erastus, bounded on N by J Rodgers, east by J Bra- dy, south by Mrs V Nail $150, 2 horses, COWS, wagon, harness, blow, furniture $lS5, total $335, tax $12,05, penalty $1.60. ..... l Duffin, Isaac N one log house at Woodruff $50, horses, wagon, harness, furniture $200, total $250, tax $9,50, penalty $1.4S... l
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-12-07
A WOMAN SHOT By HER SON.

The Tragic Ending of Family Difficulty
in Columbia, S. c..
COLUMBIA, s. c., Dec 3.-Mrs Edwards,
of Darlington County, who was accidental
ly shot by her son. has died Her daughter,
the sister of the boy, can not recover
The father is wounded, but not danger
ously. Edwards was whipping one of
his children when his wife demonstrated.
A quarrel ensued, and Edwards knocked
his wife down and beat and choked her
unmerifully. His son John, aged Is. begged
his faith r to desist Edwards threw an
axe at his son, barely missing him, and pro-
ceeded with the brutal punishment of his
wife. The son ran into the house and grabbed
a gun loaded with slugs aud pieces of iron,
and commanded his father to des s.. A daugh-
ter was at the point of interfering in behalf
of her mother E 1ward paid no heed and
his son fired Father, mother and daughter
fell, each having received part of the con-
tents of the gun Before she died Mrs Ed
wards exonerated her son from all blame.
The bow Is now in iail
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-12-07
LATER NEWS.

IT is seid that Gen. Bragg of Wisconsin
would like the Mexican mission.
FARGO, Dakota, and Mankato, Mimi, will
Lave free postal delivery after January l.
MANY houses were destroyed by earth.
quake at Besignano, Calabrla, on the 3rd,
and twenty persons killed. 1000 people are
homeless.
LONDON advices narrate that plot has
beea discovered attri uted to American
Fenlans to ASA sinat0 Lord harrington, but
the scheme miscarried.
to Washington to secure 1t possible the
holding of the Republican National Con-
vention in that city.
A BROKEN rail caused the wrecking of q
wild fire. ght train on the st. Paul & Duluth
road, near Spirit Lake, Sunday night.
Eight cars were smashed up but no one
hurt. !
MOTHER Mary Clarke, head of the order
of Sisters OF Charity, B. v. NJ, In this
country, died Sunday at the Mother house
Of the order, in Table Mound township, Ia,
aged IS years. -, ~:
In the trial Of Hal Red at st. Paul, for
his crime npon Maud Compston the jury
found him guilty as charged, verdict that
trial will be asked for. .."
|. THE Secretary of tho Interior has 70
quested the Attorney General to bring civil
and criminal suits against M. A. Upton Of
Latin, Dak., upon a charge of cutting H.
% 100 feet OF lumber from the public do
At Leavenworth, Kans., Sunday evening,
Paul Bloom, aged Is, kissed his daughter
and her child good night and went into the
yard and shot himself through the heart.
He had just made his will, disposing Of
considerable property. 49,. 2=.@,
I THE election Of President for the French
Republic to succeed Greyy, resulted on the
second ballot .in the choice Of n sadi,
has served "a tho cabinehz Of both Ferry
land n do Freycinet. By education be - 3
civil engineer.
|, WHILE cleaning loaded gun Saturday,
Matth as Hansen OF st. Paul, shot and In !.
tstantly killed his wife. Hanson claims he
went of. 81 accident, the charge Of buck
| shot stirling the nfortunate woman IN the
mouth, tearing her head TO pieces.
1 The Democrats and Republicans Of the.
House held their cauouses On the Bird Tor
|soMcers. Mr. Carlisle WAS chosen by accla.5
matton for Speaker, a. B. Hurt OF Miss's-
e sd a II
chaplain. The Republicane named Hon. I.
b. heed OF Maine Tor Speaker, 81 II. Greer
Of Dakota for p0stnA ster, Raw. F..,W.3
Thomas Of Indiana for chaplain, vs. y. Fitch
Of Ohio, for doorkeepsr. Ss# 6
SUNDAY afternoon q passenger train on
about : mile from Iroquois, Dak and
while digging out was run into by another
Pr ssenger train, the hind coach Of the frsts
train being telescOped and nine passengers
injured but nome killed. a man had. been
engineer had his csb window olosed and
saw neither the signal nor the forward
train until he struck II The wreck was Is